Pairing Round 1

When you’ve entered all the data for a tournament, it’s time to go ahead and pair the first round of debate! Once you have paired the first debate, you CANNOT go back and enter more teams. Make sure all your data is accurate first.

PDPTab.com generates a pairing for each debate, which shows who each team is debating and what side they have been assigned. The pairing also shows who will judge each debate and what room each debate is assigned.

From the tournament home page, click the "Next Step" button to automatically generate Round 1. PDPTab.com will create a randomly matched debate, assign a neutral judge, and assign a room.

Here is a video of the process:

That's it! The Tournament home page will update cuing you to go ahead with the next step: “Generate Postings.” The screen will look like this: